Station-indicator.



I. w. KELLY. STATION INDICATOR.

APILICATION FILE .IULY 24 1916.

Patented Sept. 4, 191?.

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STATION INDICATOR.

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STATION-INDICATOR.

17,239,461, Specification of To alli/150m t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Silver City, in thev county of Yazoo and State of Mississippi, have invented certain useful Improvements in Station-Indicators, of which the following is a specification, reference beinglhad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention-relates to improvements in station indicators, one object of the invention being the provision of an indicator adapted to be mounted within the ear either at the end or the center thereof and to be operably connected through a reversing clutch to an aXle driven shaft, `so that the indicator mechanism will be operated in accordance to the distance traveled to permit the exhibiting of a sign a predetermined distance before and after leaving a station, and so that a reverse action of the indicator may be accomplished upon the return trip.

A further object of this invention is the provision of an indicator whichmay be operated accurately regardless of the position of the car upon the train, as Athe reversing mechanism will permit the selection of the direction of travel of the indicator belt so that the stations will be exhibited in their proper sequence.'

lWith `the foregoing and other objects in view, and which will appear as the deF scription proceeds.' the present invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter set forth, and particularly claimed.

ln the accompanyinr.,r drawings Figure 1 is a cross sectional view through a passenger coach showing the present indicator in operable relation thereto.

Fig. is a front elevation of the indicator casing with the door opened to show the operating mechanism within the indicator.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3;:3 of l ig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the clutch mechanism for controlling the direction of rotation of the indicator belt.

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on line 5--5 of 2.

6 is a detail view showing the connection of-the Ashaft to the axle.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the bell operating mechanism. l

liig. 8 is a perspective view of the flexible Letters Patent.

shaft supporting bracket carried'by the truck.

Referring to thedrawings, the numeral 1() designates a railway coach which has mountedtherein atY one end thereof orcen.- trally thereof the casing l1 which as shown in Fig. 2 1s provided with a hinged door 12 Patented Sept. 4, 1917. y Appiication filed July 24,1916.` seriai No. 111,039. l

having the observation aperture 13. Y' i .lournalcd within the `casing 11 are'the two shafts 14 and 15, each ofwhich isl pro.-

vided with a `roller 16 and 17 respectively for carrying thereon the indicator carrying -Also mounted upon the respective shafts 14 and 15 are the pinions 19 and 20, each one of which is provided with the pawl and ratchet device 21 and 22 respectively which are oppositely disposed so `that when the pinion l!) is the drive pinion, the pinion 20 will rotate freely without affecting the shaft 15 and vice versa.

(.'arried by the indicator belt are projections dispmed in the path to engage the lug '2lof the hell clapper disposed in cooperation with the bell 26 mounted within the casing.`

Thus the bell is actuatedto call'the atten tion of the passengers to'the change of indication upon the belt 18, such indication being visible through the opening 13` of the door. l

Journaled `in the bearing 27 is a short rigid shaft 28 carrying upon its inner end within the casing 11 a pinion 29 which is in mesh at all times with the pinions 19 and 20.

A flexible shaft 30 is connected` to the shaft 28 and is provided with the rigid shaft 31 at the lower end thereof which is journaled in the bearing carried by the -to the upper end of the flexible shaft 43,

said Flexible shaft 43 being the drive shaft and being extended downwardly and carrying the rigid shaft 44 journaled inthe bracket 45. A friction disk 36- is formed upon the shaft 42 as will be seen in Fig. 4,

and this disk is arranged opposite the friction disk formed on the shaft 32. l

Carried upon the lower end of the shaft 44 is a pinion 46-which is in mesh a't all timeswith the pinion 47 carried hwy-the axle 48.

These gears and shafting are so arranged 'that the distance 'traveled by the c'ar will control the rotation of the -flexible shafts- 30 and 43 so that the shafts 14y and 15 will I be rotated according .to the dist-ancevtrav-l eled, similar to the mileage indicating mechamsm used inrconnection with motor cars.

4From the foregoing-description taken in' connection with thek drawings, itis evident that with an arrangement as here illustrated, railway coaches may be provided therewith and 'regardless of the direction of movement of the car, the lflexible shaftings l30jand 43 lmay controlled to present in proper sequence ythe station indicators car-l v'named shaft, a pair of flexible shafts each being of asubstantially similar shapeconvsis'ting of a long straight vportion* and a Ilaterally curved and deflected portion having a terminal atright angles tothe long.

portion,"the right angular terminal of one lof said. flexible shafts being rigidly'secured to said-1lastnamed driven shaft in line therewith, the rightangular horizontal termima of the other flexible Shaft being dia-A tions of said flexible-shafts are secured so I that they may be disposed in aline'ment for 1 ment. f A

2. In a device of the class descri ed, in combination a casing, a housing belowv and laterally of` said casing, shaft bearings mounted respectively in said casing and housing at. right angles to each other.' a flexible shaft having a non-flexible terminal journaled in the bearing of said housing and having a non-flexible terminal at right angles to its main length journaled in the. bearing of' said casing and carrying a' gear therein, a driven gear in said casing meshing With the other gear, a horizontal drive shaftl having a gear, a bearing at right angles to said drive shaft, saiddrive shaft rotation in the opposite directions o'movebeing mounted in said bearing, a second flexible shaft having a non-flexible terminal j ournaled in said housing opposite the other .f

non-flexible terminal therein, said second flexible shaft also having a non-flexible terminal at right angles to its main length journaled in said last named bearingand having a gear-meshing with the drive shaft gear, and means in said housing engageable with the opposing non-flexible terminals of v both flexible .terminal shafts for changing the rotation thereof.

y In testimony whereof I alx my'signature.

JOHN W. KELLY. 

